Following Jamie Oliver's excellent piece on SETUP (in Crewe Chronicle and Nantwich Chronicle) may I forward this short reprise of the science day held at Nantwich Civic Hall on Friday March 6th. I have forwarded other pictures of other presenters ranging over the subjects outlined below. The whole day was organised in a joint effort by Dr Rachel Crossley of Stemnet and the local committee of SETUP the local science group in south Cheshire, headed by Dr Vi Pritchard.
These photos show Dr Steve Rossington from Salford University in the keynote lecture demonstrating before 125 students aged between 11-14 years,from Brine Leas, Sir William Stannier, Ruskin Road, Shavington, Sandbach Girls High School. He demonstrated the properties of some of the gasses that make up our atmosphere including oxygen helping with combustion.
The effects of solid carbon dioxide going from the solid state straight to a gas without going through the liquid stage and things you can do with liquid nitrogen at minus 178 degrees centigrade. 
Iain Morley from Manchester Museum of Science demonstrating how to build a rocket and the aerodynamics of getting it to fly!
Tom Carter University of Loughborough showing how to measure the speed of a football kicked by 11-14 year old students and how far can you row in 20 seconds. 
 Dr Leah Holmes from Nowgen showing how DNA is measured and used in disease advice within the hospital service in the north west of England. 
Other presenters engaged the young people on the anatomy of the eye and how what you see is conditioned by the surrounding areas. Feedback from the students indicated how excited and stimulated they had been by the hands on opportunities provided. Teachers too were pleased that their school had been offered the opportunity given the large number of secondary schools that had applied.